AP Literature Units 1-6 (Review) & Unit 7 Vocabulary
Download this handout and complete the REVIEW EXERCISES for Units 1-6. Then, complete the usual vocabulary assignments on separate papers: (1) Definitions and Drawings (2) Mnemonics and Real-Life Context (3) Vocabulary Story.
REVIEW EXERCISES UNITS 1-6
I. NAME THAT CLUSTER
To the right of the groups of words, WRITE OUT the theme (or unit) titles (bullet points):
Words Relating to . . . (these are the theme/unit titles)
· Feeling Superior
· Unoriginal, Dull, Played Out
· Lessening Pain, Tension, or Conflict
· Using Few Words or Being Quiet
· Speaking
1. loquacious, garrulous, rant, prattle, voluble
2. assuage, ameliorate, quell, placate, alleviate
3. hackneyed, trite, mundane, derivative, banal
4. haughty, braggart, swagger, insolent, disdainful
5. taciturn, terse, laconic, pithy, quiescent
II. SENTENCE COMPLETION
Read the sentence through carefully. Then from the five vocabulary words given in parentheses, fill in the blank (write the word).
6. Sitting alone and speaking to no one, the woman was an example of .
· turpitude, reticence, meandering, analogy, mutiny
7. It is to think that every individual enjoys your company.
· egregious, in kind, willful, presumptuous, critical
8. One favorite object of the is a hand-held mirror in which to gaze adoringly.
· derivative, bizarre, grandiloquence, egoist, sailor
9. Since you have more than 150 thank-you notes to write, I recommend that you make them .
· savvy, rude, meritorious, concise, swaggering
10. Despite Hank’s efforts to the tension between his friends, the bitter feelings could not be .
· pacify…swaggered; prattle…banal; assuage…rambled; mitigate…alleviated; vapid…hackneyed
11. Tess’s reply contradicted her habitual, self.
· placating…derivative; lackluster…contemptuous; laconic…voluble; mollified…trite; cliché…haughty
12. Unlike the powerful and tumultuous waters of the Pacific Ocean, where it meets the Sea of Cortez, the waters found at small, nearby beaches and coves are more .
· acquiescent, pacified, tacit, quelled, quiescent
13. Ms. Fine enthusiastically inquired about her son’s day at school, but he replied with a “pretty good.”
· acquiescent, complacent, terse, pithy, diffuse
14. Newspaper headlines leave little room for elaboration; they are short and .
· concise, reticent, hackneyed, disdainful, prattling
ONE DOESN’T BELONG
Three of the words in each grouping relate to each other somehow. Circle the one word that does not belong with the others.
15. pretentious; arrogant; supercilious; garrulous
16. conciliate; assuage; swagger; mollify
17. voluble; taciturn; loquacious; verbose
18. allay; vapid; insipid; platitude
19. affable; gregarious; bombastic; jocular
20. quell; convivial; levity; cordial
Unit 7 Vocabulary
Words Relating to
animosity: (a-nuh-MAH-suh-tee) n. – hatred; ill will
antagonism: (an-TA-guhh-nih-zum) n. – hatred or hostility
bellicose: (BEH-lih-kose) adj. – of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; war-like; belligerent
belligerent: (buh-LIJ-runt) adj. – taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight
cantankerous (kan-TANK-uh-rus) adj. – bad-tempered or irritable; quarrelsome
captious: (CAP-shus) adj. – made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling
contentious: (con-TEN-shus) adj. – quarrelsome; belligerent
disputatious: (dis-pyuh-TAY-shus) adj. – likely to dispute or argue
polemical: (puh-LEH-mih-kul) adj. inclined to argue or debate; controversial
predator: (PREH-duh-tur) n. – one who takes advantage of another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival
pugnacious: (puhg-NAY-shus) adj. eager to fight; belligerent